Thursday, June 17, 2010

32 Weeks and Counting!

Tuesday marked week number 32 in this pregnancy and another appointment with Carrington. Everything is going well. I'm measuring 32 1/2 cm so either he's going to be big, early, or my uterus has a lot of "stretchy" in it after 4 pregnancies in 5 years. :) Cade is head down and his heartbeat is still in the 150's. He's continuing to be active but I can tell he's running out of room. We've got 8 weeks left if he decides to go to term and I told Drew last night I wasn't sure we could go that long. The boy's in my lap and for the first time in pregnancy I can't get off the couch without help!
Only glitch is that I told Martha, Carrington's nurse, that I was pretty tired and asked her to check my iron just in case. I am fully aware that it's warm outside and we've got 3 small children that could be causing it but wanted to make sure what could be treated was OK. My iron was 11.7 and should be 12 or above. I'm on iron supplements every other day as well as instructions to try to rest when I can. Rest/naptime is not only for the kiddos!
I tried to run Tuesday morning but realized it's just not going to happen anymore. Power walking around our neighborhood in on the agenda now. It's nice because when I walk I have a different route I take that goes up some big hills we have and I enjoy seeing the other parts of our development and other neighbors. I'm also glad because I can walk several more times a week than I can run and after this winter Tae-Bo was getting really old! :)
The girls and Ward are all still excited about their brother's impending arrival. They love to talk to him and kiss and hug him. Ward tells me he's ready to be a big brother, share his toys, and teach Cade everything he knows. We'll be switching their rooms in the next few weeks which will be interesting. Gotta sit down and "plan it out" a little so it won't be so confusing and take forever. Yes, I know I'm Type A but it could always be worse. I could be nagging. :)
That's about all! We're enjoying the new babies in our lives including a new cousin and niece in Julee and our good friends, the McDill's, who had their seventh early Wed morning a little girl named Samantha. It's a very proliferative time up here in the mountains!

1 comment:

Mary said...

I had to take an iron supplement too, hope you start to get some of your energy back!!